There Is Hope In The Waiting

Breathe Deep and Know: There is always hope when you are waiting, because God can be trusted to always keep His word.

Seasons of waiting can be painfully long and hard. But waiting time is not wasted time. God wastes nothing. He is always doing something. God is working as we wait, regardless of whether we can see or understand what He is doing.

Not only is He working through the circumstances around us, but He is working within us, preparing and shaping us as we wait. Because of this, we can always have hope. Tish Harrison Warren says, “To hope is to ‘borrow grace.’ It is not naive optimism. Hope admits the truth of our vulnerability. It does not trust God to keep all bad things from happening. But it assumes that redemption, beauty, and goodness will be there for us, whatever lies ahead.”^a God’s Word is our hope in the waiting, because His Word reminds us that He is with us and that He always keeps His word.

What are you waiting for today? Root your hope in God’s Word as you wait, and let His promises give you peace.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.

Psalm 130:5 ESV